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he berries ought to grow thick enough so that you can pick a quart 
at a time without changing your position, and, perhaps, they will be so thick 
that you can apply the sugar and cream and eat them off the vines—but 
beware of the thorns! 
Mr. R. A. Wright: He recommends a system of setting plants 
of the same year’s growth. I would like to know what experience 
he has had in that work and with what success. It is something 
new to me. < 
Mr. Rogers: I have not had any experience myself, but I have 
heard it advocated in this society, and I have read of its being done. 
I have not tried it myself. I do not see why it should not be done 
with those young sprouts. 
Mr. Yahnke: I have tried that method, but great care must be 
exercised that the plant is got out in good shape, as there ought to 
be plenty of dirt left on the roots when the plant is set out. If you 
are going to set out a new plantation I would not advise any one 
to set out a big patch at a time, but a small patch can be planted 
successfully if done right. I would choose a cloudy or rainy day 
and get the holes ready first. Then take a spade and take up the 
sprout carefully with the roots as little exposed and as intact as 
possible, but get the spade deep enough. It is better to have two 
men do the work and put down a spade on each side of the sprout 
and lift the plant out, and if it is set into the hole at once it will 
not stop growing an hour, but if the plant becomes wilted or is taken 
up during a hot spell it is gone. You have got to do it on a cloudy 
or rainy day, and then the operation will be successful. 
Mr. Wright: It is expensive. 
Mr. Yahnke: Yes, in one sense, but still it may save money. 
A man can save the job for some rainy day when there is nothing 
else to do. 
Mr. C. W. Sampson: One season when I was shipping berries 
to Dakota I think I paid Mr. Birch $300 in cash for his blackberries. 
I did not have enough of my own, so I picked them up wherever I 
could. They sold in Dakota for $2.75 a case. The bushes were 
entirely loaded with fruit. They sent word to me they wanted them 
right along. 
Mr. Wright: Did you do that more than one year? 
Mr. Sampson: I have understood that the bushes bore good 
crops. 
Mr. Yahnke: Does this land ever get wet in the fall so that 
water stands on it? 
Mr. Rogers: It would be necessary to have good drainage. I 
have experimented along that line and picked up all the information 
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